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To prepare, as sweetmeats; to make a confection of. [Obs.] Saffron confected in Cilicia. W. Browne.

Prepared as a confection. The biscuit or confectionary plum. Cowper.

Sweetmeats, in general; things prepared and sold by a confectioner; confections; candies.

To bring together for comparison; to compare. [Obs.] If we confer these observations with others of the like nature, we may find cause to rectify the general opinion. Boyle.

To set in opposition for examination; to put in contrast; to compare.

Of the same blood; related by birth; descended from the same parent or ancestor. Shak.

To prepare with sugar, etc., for the purpose of preservation, as fruits, etc.; to make a conserve of.

der to show the differences between, or the comparative excellences and defects of; to compare by difference or contrariety of qualities; as, to contrast the present with the past.

aining or regulating influence; superintendence; government; as, children should be under parental control. The House of Commons should exercise a control over all the departments of the executive administration. Macaulay. Board of control. See under Board.

nization of the subcutaneous tissue and effusion of blood beneath the skin, but without apparent wound.

One whose occupation is to prepare food for the table; one who dresses or cooks meat or vegetables for eating.

and the West Indies, the Zamia integrifolia, from the stems of which a kind of sago is prepared.

To pare the beak or talons of (a hawk). J. H. Walsh.

n or printed for learners to imitate. -- Examined copies (Law), those which have been compared with the originals. -- Exemplified copies, those which are attested under seal of a court. -- Certified or Office copies, those which are made or attested by officers having charge of the originals, and authorized to give…

mber of individuals, such as, for example, would be formed by a process of budding from a parent stalk wherre the buds remain attached.

The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye.

Having the stamens borne on the petals, and the latter free from the calyx. Compare Calycifloral and Thalamifloral.

ts harsh irritating action on the body tissue. Usually it is in the form of a heavy, transparent, crystalline substance, easily soluble, and of an acrid, burning taste. It is a virulent poison, a powerful antiseptic, and an exellent antisyphilitic; called also mercuric bichloride. It is to be carefully distinguished fr…

Cotton prepared in sheets or rolls for quilting, upholstering, and similar purposes.

To copy, as a design or painting, by tracing with a pencil on oiled paper, or other transparent substance.